And Boldly Unafraid To Say So!!
At the Miami Herald the top journalist pertaining to Cuban topics is Nora Gamez Torres. As such she is obligated to promote the views of the most prominent Counter Revolutionary Cuban-American extremists who have dominated Miami since the Cuban Revolution overturned the U.S.-backed Batista-Mafia dictatorship way back in January of 1959. And of the many articles written by Nora Gamez Torres, THE MOST INTERESTING was published today -- Dec. 6th, 2019 -- in the Miami Herald. It is entitled: "Cuban-American Democrat Who Praised Fidel Castro Runs For Congress in Miami." A very interesting headline. Moreover, the Cuban-American Democrat running for the U. S. Congress in Miami is a beautiful woman WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE SEAT IN FLORIDA'S 25TH DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN HELD SINCE 1993 BY ONE OF THE DIAZ-BALART BROTHERS WHOSE FATHER WAS A KEY MINISTER IN THE BATISTA DICTATORSHIP AND WHO AFTER JANUARY-1959 CREATED THE FIRST ANTI-CASTRO PARAMILITARY UNIT IN MIAMI CALLED THE WHITE ROSE, WHICH WAS NAMED FOR A JOSE MARTI POEM. And that is why this is the MOST INTERESTING ARTICLE by Nora Gamez Torres. {Since 1959, the Miami Herald's prime focus has been to depict the Batista-Mafia dictatorship in Havana as the world's all-time best government from 1952-1958 and the Cuban Revolution that toppled it the world's all-time worst government from 1959 to today}.
Before the Miami Herald's slant on Miami's pro-Cuban Revolutionary Cuban-American today, Yadira Escobar was already ubiquitous in the Miami area and well-known to Little Havana's extremist Counter Revolutionaries who have dominated Miami for six decades but, despite being supported by the superpower U. S. government, they have yet to regain control of the coveted nearby island. In the Nora Gamez Torres article in the Miami Herald today, the first paragraph stated: "Blogger Yadira Escobar is used to stirring controversy in Miami: She has spoken with admiration of Fidel Castro, branded some Cuban dissidents 'criminals' and 'counter revolutionaries criminals,' and asked the United States to take its 'hands off Venezuela.'" Also, Yadira is a journalist, author, radio host and producer, CEO of a multinational company, etc.
In Miami, and even in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Yadira Escobar she has said that she is proud that "My grandfather participated in the struggle against the bloody dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista." And she said the recent ouster of Cuba-friendly President Evo Morales in Bolivia was "a coup." Surely, the feisty Yadira's decision to challenge Little Havana's grip on Miami's economic and political structure is stunning...and courageous.
For sure, Yadira Escobar's bid for the prime Miami/Little Havana seat in the U. S. Congress is extremely brave from many aspects, most notably the fact that she is trying to unseat the Little Havana son of a key Minister from the Batista dictatorship that ruled Cuba prior to the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959.
This is Rafael Diaz-Balart back in the 1950s when he was a powerful Minister in the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship.
After the Cuban Revolution defeated the Batista dictatorship on Jan. 1-1959, this is Rafael Diaz-Balart when he was still -- from 1959 till his death in 2005 -- one of the all-time richest and most extremist Counter Revolutionary Cubans in South Florida. Once he fled to Miami, Rafael Diaz-Balart quickly created The White Rose, the first paramilitary unit on U. S. soil designed to overthrow the Cuban Revolution. Two of Rafael Diaz-Balart's sons have been extremist Counter Revolutionaries all their adult lives and one or other of them has been in the U. S. Congress as extreme Counter Revolutionaries since 1993 -- the Miami seat that the brave pro-revolutionary Yadira Escobar is trying to win in next November's election.
Two sons of key Batista official Rafael Diaz-Balart are Havana-born Lincoln Diaz-Balart, now 65, and South Florida-born Mario Diaz-Balart, now 58. Lincoln was in the U. S. Congress from 1993 till 2011 from Miami. He resigned that safe seat in 2011, telling a news conference he could better continue his father's The White Rose ambitions as a civilian lawyer. It is widely known that Lincoln and budding billionaire Counter Revolutionary Cuban zealot Jorge Mas Canosa were the two prime architects of the infamous Helms-Burton Act that from 1996 till today legalizes extreme anti-Cuban measures as well as legalizes extreme funding of Counter Revolutionary projects and individuals. Of course, when Lincoln resigned from Congress he knew his seat would be taken by his brother Mario. Mario had also been in the U. S. Congress from 1992 from the 21st District of Florida but when Lincoln resigned his seat from the 25th District, Mario simply took that seat, where he remains today as a vicious Counter Revolutionary Cuban-American.
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For sure, Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart are symbolic of the transition from Havana-to-Little Havana in the U.S.-Cuban conundrum. The fact is that the Batista dictatorship in Cuba lost its capital of Havana to the Cuban Revolution in January-1959 but since January-1959 till today the new capital of Little Havana in Miami has replaced Havana for the Batistianos, incredibly reshaping America and Democracy on U. S. soil. Mario's and Lincoln's father Rafael, the ex-Batista official, dominated Counter Revolutionary Cubans in Miami from 1959 till his death in 2005. And in Congress and in Miami since 1993 Mario and Lincoln have been as unchecked in their Counter Revolutionary endeavors as was their father.
BUT HOLY MIAMI!!
This is the face of a pro-Castro, pro-Cuban, pro-Revolutionary Cuban-American in Miami who is bidding for the Congressional seat from Miami that has been held by one of the Diaz-Balart brothers since 1993. The audacious Yadira Escobar believes that most of the Cuban-Americans even in the Miami area are tired of extremist Counter Revolutionary Cuban-Americans dictating Miami's economy and politics since January of 1959. She believes that the Counter Revolutionaries' tight on the Trump administration's Cuban policies hurt everyone except them, including most Cuban-Americans who want to be able to react with fellow Cubans on the island and help them. Yadira Escobar, even if her beliefs are correct, still probably won't be able to stand up to the rich and powerful Balarts between now and the election in November next year. But...she's trying.
Back in October-2018 Yadira Escobar's book "The Illustrator" explained why her hero was her Cuban grandfather: "My grandfather participated in the struggle against the bloody dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista." Since 1959 the Little Havana narrative in Miami has dominated America's perspective of the Cuban Revolution and the Batista dictatorship that it defeated and chased to South Florida. But the truth is...Yadira Escobar is correct about her views of "the bloody dictatorship" that created the Cuban Revolution.
Since 1959 Americans have been told that Batista's Cuba was overflowing with money, and that was true. But the money was going into the pockets of top-level Mafia kingpins such as Fulgencio Batista, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Santo Trafficante Jr., and rich U. S. businessmen!! But a plethora of back-and-white historic photos, like the one above, prove that the non-elite majority lived in dire poverty, with no access to health care or education. And, yes, the photo above correctly tells one of the ugly sides of Batista's Cuba.
Non-elite Cubans in Batista's Cuba.
But it was not dire poverty among the helpless peasants that fueled the Cuban Revolution. Black-and-white historic photos like this one spawned the overthrow of Batista. Stupidly and greedily, the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship tried to quell dissent from the peasant majority by murdering peasant children to totally intimidate the adult peasants. That insanity spawned marches like the one above by brave Cuban mothers, sparking the revolution and keeping it alive.
This photo also shows Cuban mothers marching to protest Batista's "assassinations" of their children. Batista's powerful supporters in Washington never did or said anything about what was going in Cuba, but these mothers continued to do something about it. The mother on the left in the light blouse and sunglasses was the mother of the murdered Little Willie Soler. Americans today are not supposed to know that one of the major children's hospitals in Revolutionary Cuba is named for...Little Willie Soler.
Supported by the world's strongest criminal organization, the Mafia, and by the world's strongest nation, the United States, Batista obviously believed that he could get away with murdering peasant Cuban children to quell dissent. But photos like this prove that brave Cuban mothers not only defied Batista but they also fueled the Cuban Revolution that chased Batista, the Mafia, and the U. S. businessmen off the island -- all the WAY TO MIAMI.
And now there is a Cuban-American in Miami named Yadira Escobar who is brave enough to sit beside a photo of Fidel Castro and give the above interview that is apart of the huge Miami Herald article today -- on Dec. 6th, 2019. Yadira Escobar explained why the Diaz-Balart power in Havana in the 1950s parallels the Diaz-Balart power in Little Havana since 1959. If you take time to dial up today's Miami Herald article about Yadira you will read why she is trying to win the Diaz-Balart's seat in the U. S. Congress that they have held since 1993. She told the Miami Herald "Essentially, I'm going to focus on Cuba" in her herculean effort to defeat the Diaz-Balart power in next November's election. Yadira Escobar is pro-Fidel Castro, pro-Cuba, and pro-Cuban Revolution. She believes...and hopes...most Cuban-Americans in Miami will support her if they have the courage to do so. Surely, in money-crazed Miami she will not defeat the Diaz-Balarts but she will continue to remind a lot of people that the Batista dictatorship in Cuba in the 1950s was not the greatest government in world history and that Revolutionary Cuba since 1959 has not been the worst government in world history. And by doing that, I believe, Yadira Escobar is doing America and Democracy a great deed by spotlighting avenues the United States should not have traveled...in Havana, Miami, and Washington. Both history and topicality need transparency, particularly in the most famed Democracy.
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